arose from a nursing shortage. As history has show, the nursing shortage waxes and wanes with the country’s economy. According to Buerhaus, Auerbach, & Staiger, 2009, the Registered Nurse vacancy rates across the country were up while the school enrollments were down. In the following years, the shortage not only persisted but also worsened (Ulrich et al., 2010). The enrollment according to Ulrich et al., 2010, continued to increase but not enough to counteract the continued nursing shortage
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associate degree level of nursing was developed out of a need to produce nurses in response to a shortage during and following World War II. It was proposed as a temporary solution to a shortage but was not intended to replace the professional level of nursing education. It was proposed that graduates from associate degree nursing programs would work a“technical” nurses, assisting and working under the supervision of professional nurses. The associate degree level of nursing education became popular
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The State of Oregon’s Nursing Schools and the US Nursing Shortage Analysis by Bridget Nickerson Introduction * The United States has been aware of an impending shortage in the qualified nursing staff of US hospitals since the late 1990’s. Oregon actively began addressing the problem in the early 2000’s. The state of Oregon has Sixteen Associate degree programs for Registered Nurses, and six baccalaureate degree programs (offered at 10 universities). There are currently four universities
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least an Associate degree in nursing or a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and who has been successful in passing the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. Even though the associate degree and bachelor’s degree nurse share similar roles, differences in competencies do exist between these two nursing roles. An associate degree level nurse is one that studied for two years in a community college setting, and whose training focuses mainly on nursing theory and skills. “The graduate
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Introduction Feasibility Definition For this project, our Illinois Business Consulting team was tasked with the purpose of determining the feasibility of a Doctor of Nursing Practices (DNP) program and a Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) program. The factors of the feasibility include student demand, employer demand, industry growth, and ease of implementation. Regarding student demand, primary and secondary research was conducted through surveys, phone calls, and other methods to identify the
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Competency Differences of ADN and BSN Nursing is a self-motivated and multifaceted discipline, one that requires skilled, knowledgeable, and self-sufficient practitioners. The roots of nursing are firmly based on service to other individuals, groups, and communities. ADN Program Associate degree nursing programs are intended to be two years in length based to prepare practical bedside nurses for secondary care settings, such as community hospitals and long-term care facilities. The Associate
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students regarding leadership and decision-making skills. Let us first take a brief look at the history of the baccalaureate and associate degree programs. The first baccalaureate nursing program was started in 1909 at the University of Minnesota. The baccalaureate program got off to a slow start and students were committed to a total of five years of study. It wasn’t until after World War II did the baccalaureate programs pick up pace. (Creasia & Reid, 2011) With a critical nursing shortage shortly
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2004). The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) believe that the advanced practice nurse (APRN) should be educated at the doctoral level due to the “changing demands of the nation’s complex healthcare environment” (Fact Sheet). The AACN believes there are many factors that are pushing nursing to doctoral prepared practitioners, some examples are rapid expansion of knowledge, complexity of care, quality of care and patient safety, nursing shortages (bedside and faculty), and increasing
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The Leadership and Legacy of Florence Nightingale Pamela Passmore Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Roles and Practice/510 01/11/2015 Dolores Diehl The Leadership and Legacy of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale is known as the founder of modern nursing. Her contributions and influence not only to the nursing profession, but to the public health care system, is unparalleled. She was instrumental in establishing multiple processes and practices that are still in current practice
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essay is to compare compentencies between the associate and bachelor nursing programs .Competency is an individuals actual performance in particular situation, described by how well the individual integrates knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviour in delivering care according to expectations(Gurvis& Grey,1995; Nolan, 1998). The Difference between associate degree and bachelors is not much at the beginning of nursing career because at that time they have both graduated and are new in
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